well, if its open source, then by definition, anyone can edit it and recompile their own version.
and, they DO intend to charge for it. Its not going to be free. No matter how cheap they make it, that means people will pirate it. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Jed Rothwell<jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alexander Hollins wrote: > >> and, you dont find hacked versions of open office becuase, since its >> free, everyone downloads it from the main company. > > I assume that people will download the Google operating system from Google > only. I also assume that Google will have iron-clad control over the source > code. I cannot imagine they would let people freely edit it, even with > someone at Google in a Guru role similar to that of Linus Torvalds. > > - Jed > >
